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Sun, Jul 05 2009 
Kelly Kazek | Letters to the Editor | Jerry Barksdale | Religion |

Opinion

Old Glory more than a symbol

Several staffers of The News Courier recently have had reason to rethink our patriotism. Sure, we’ve long considered ourselves patriotic, but do we practice patriotism?....more>>

  • Geography, not fries, led to any extra pounds
    According to the annual report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Foundation, baby boomers are responsible for the surge in Medicare claims exacerbated by the fact that in every state the rate of obesity is higher among 55- to 64-year-olds than among those 65 and older. You wonder why I weigh in—sorry—on this topic. First, I’m a boomer; second, I’m overweight.
  • Everyone needs a place to hide from mean ol' roosters
    We’ve all heard about haunted houses. But a house haunts me.
    It stood on a Michigan farm, a folk Victorian so common in the Midwest. It’s gabled peaks beckon me still like open arms.
  • Too many politicians have cheatin' hearts
    South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s revelation that he has been in Argentina with Maria Belen Shapur instead of hiking the Appalachian Trail comes as a surprise to the American people.
  •  Odes to rats and other celebrity weirdness
    s it odd that one of my all-time favorite songs is a soft, slow ballad that is an ode to a rat written for a sequel to the 1970s horror movie “Willard?” Is it a teensy bit creepy that I still know all the lyrics that I learned at age 8 when I played it over and over on my record player? OK, yes. Very creepy.
  • Say an extra prayer for those who risk all for us
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